# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/brendan-halligan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:57:36.754Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/brendan-halligan"
name: "Brendan Halligan"
slug: "brendan-halligan"
description: "Brendan Halligan was an Irish economist and politician. He was founder and president of the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA), a think tank on European and international issues. He was president of the Ireland China Institute, an independent think tank based in Dublin, Ireland, which was officially launched in October 2019. His career spanned Irish public sector bodies and work in the private sector. At various times he was General Secretary of the Labour Party, a Teachta Dála (TD), a Senator, and a Member of the European Parliament (MEP)."
tagline: "Irish politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Brendan_Halligan%2C_circa_1983.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1936-07-05"
deathDate: "2020-08-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.80324
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.brendanhalligan.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Halligan"
    title: "Brendan Halligan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بريندان هاليجان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Brendan Halligan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Halligan"
    title: "Brendan Halligan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Halligan"
    title: "Brendan Halligan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Halligan"
    title: "Brendan Halligan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Halligan"
    title: "Brendan Halligan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Halligan"
    title: "Brendan Halligan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4960914"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump